Strongstry is a small
hamlet
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in
Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The hamlet is only accessible by an
unadopted road
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running through a factory. It is accessible on several walking routes. For local government purposes, it receives services from
Rossendale Borough Council Rossendale may refer to several places and organizations in Lancashire, England:
Places
*Rossendale Valley, a river valley
*Borough of Rossendale, a local government district
*Rossendale (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constitu ...
and
Lancashire County Council
Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. It consists of 84 councillors. Since the 2017 election, the council has been under Conservative control.
Prior to the 2009 ...
. Nearby are the village of
Stubbins
Stubbins is an industrial village in the southern part of the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire, England.
It is half a mile north of Ramsbottom town centre on the A676 between Bolton and Edenfield. For local government purposes, it receives ...
and the hamlet of
Chatterton
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Althoug ...
. The
East Lancashire Railway
East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway line in North West England which runs between Heywood, Greater Manchester and Rawtenstall in Lancashire. There are intermediate stations at Bury Bolton Street, , Summerseat and Ramsbottom, with ...
runs through Strongstry, but there is no station there.
Much of the land to the west of the village is in the care of the
National Trust
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and consists of hillside pasture and woodland leading up to
Holcombe Moor
Holcombe is a village in Ramsbottom ward, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated south of Haslingden, east of Edgworth, west of Ramsbottom, and north of Tottington. The name comes from the Celtic ' meaning ...
and
Peel Tower
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.
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Hamlets in Lancashire
Geography of the Borough of Rossendale
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